Protecting Web Services from Remote Exploit code: A Static Analysis Approach

Xinran Wang

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA

xinrwang@cse.psu.edu

Yoon-Chan Jhi

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA

jhi@cse.psu.edu

Sencun Zhu

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA

szhu@cse.psu.edu

Peng Liu

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA

pliu@ist.psu.edu



Abstract:

We propose STILL, a signature-free remote exploit binary code injection attack blocker to protect web servers and web applications. STILL is robust to almost all anti-signature, anti-static-analysis and anti-emulation obfuscation.


Categories and Subject Descriptors: C.2.0 [Computer-Communication Networks]: General - Security and protection.


General Terms: Security.


Keywords: HTTP, Code Injection Attack, Static Analysis.





xinran wang 2008-02-28